• Replies 28 replies
  • Subscribers 26 subscribers
  • Views 42009 views
  • Users 0 members are here
Options
Related
Hints and tips
  • To quote someone's message, first select/highlight the relevant text, and then use the Quote button that appears
  • To "mention" someone, type @ followed by the start of the forum name, and choose from the list; that person will get a notification of being mentioned

Compulsive Skin Picking in Autism

IntenseWorld

My eldest daughter has this really bad, I also do it and so does my youngest.  They didn't copy it from me because I never did it in front of them, it was self-initiated.  I believe there is a strong correlation between CSP and autism, like there is in OCD behaviours.  Just wanted to see if any others on the spectrum have this.

Parents

  • K had this really bad at the beginning of the year, teachers asked if she had been burnt and the gp referred us straight to dermatology at the local children's hospital they confirmed that it wasn't a skin condition and passed us to camhs. Working together we tried a few different things I think it was an accumulation of them that helped just now she is down to 1/2 scabs and is aware she doesn't want to pick them which is a massive improvement from a time she didn't know she was doing it a d couldn't feel any pain.

    I will list them. 

    School had a star chart on her desk because the bleeding was distracting others.

    Was allowed to fiddle with blue tack or an elastic band during lessons to occupy her fingers.

    Used tegaderm dressings on bad ones until they healed a bit.

    Distraction 

    techniques like giving herself a "butterfly cuddle"

Reply

  • K had this really bad at the beginning of the year, teachers asked if she had been burnt and the gp referred us straight to dermatology at the local children's hospital they confirmed that it wasn't a skin condition and passed us to camhs. Working together we tried a few different things I think it was an accumulation of them that helped just now she is down to 1/2 scabs and is aware she doesn't want to pick them which is a massive improvement from a time she didn't know she was doing it a d couldn't feel any pain.

    I will list them. 

    School had a star chart on her desk because the bleeding was distracting others.

    Was allowed to fiddle with blue tack or an elastic band during lessons to occupy her fingers.

    Used tegaderm dressings on bad ones until they healed a bit.

    Distraction 

    techniques like giving herself a "butterfly cuddle"

Children
No Data